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Residents press council on repeated heat and hot-water failures; administration and code say repairs underway
Summary
Several Atlantic City residents said they endured recurring outages of heat and hot water this winter, pressing the council for faster enforcement and clearer remedies.
Residents from multiple neighborhoods used the council public-comment period to press elected officials for quicker and firmer action on recurring heating, hot-water and building-condition problems.
Why it matters: several speakers said tenants, seniors and disabled residents faced repeated outages this winter and at least one resident said she and her family had to use a rooming house to shower when their unit had been without hot water for several days. Council members and administrators discussed short-term remedies and long-running structural issues in the city's aging housing stock.
Key public comments: One resident who identified herself as living in Venice Park described…
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